West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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TRANSLATIONS. Latin student translating: “Quas in saltibus habent,” ‘Wliotn they had in the salt blocks.” I. O. translating: “Mit frischem Ivranz die Schlafe mir zu schiniicken,” “To adorn my sleeps with a fresh wreath.” Student translating from Cicero: “Atque in hoc hello Asiatioo et regio—” “Both iu this Asiatic war and in the rain.” SLIPS OF THE TONGUE. Miss R. “Miss Morgan, is the eighty-first meridian painted red? I have been told that it was.” Student describing Roman house, “The court in the center, contained the cistern, and behind the court they had the chickens.” A junior to her companion, “Do sit still with your feet, I want to write.” Miss M. “Gustave tell about the compromise of 1820.” Gustave. “I can’t remember back that far.” Miss M. “Tell about the election of 1828.” Elsie . “Jackson was elected by an unanimous ma¬ jority.” Maud. “Where is your algebra?” Ella. “In my seat.” Maud. “Funny place for it, why didn’t you put it iu your desk?” Ella. “What’s the difference?” Maud. “Miss White would think there was lots of differ¬ ence if I sat on my desk and wrote on my seat.” (Arlene, looking out of the window and laughing attracts the teacher’s attention). Miss White, while investigating the cause, says to one of her French pupils: “Que veut dire cela?” (meaning, “what does it mean?” referring to some word, which the pupil was translating.) Arlene: (thinking Miss White was talking to her and tak¬ ing the meaning to be, “What do you see funny?”) says: “Three clowns on a mule back.”